Californians will vote on two ballot initiatives this fall that at first glance would seem shoo-ins for approval in a state long associated with environmental activism.
Californians will vote on two ballot initiatives this fall that at first glance would seem shoo-ins for approval in a state long associated with environmental activism. The first would require utilities to generate half their electricity from ...
A major high-voltage power line proposal is generating organized opposition. The CapX 2020 project would bring more electricity -- including wind-generated power -- from remote parts of Minnesota closer to the Twin Cities.
Oilman T. Boone Pickens offers an easy explanation about our hunt for energy in an oil-sloppy world. Much of the oil comes from places that are politically sloppy, environmentally sloppy and dangerously sloppy.
Californians will vote on two ballot initiatives this fall that at first glance would seem shoo-ins for approval in a state long associated with environmental activism. The first would require utilities to generate half their electricity from ...
MANKATO — Lines of wind turbines across a Midwest landscape make for a show- stopping sight. Those giant energy generators can be traffic stoppers, however, when turbine parts are transported across Minnesota highways.
MANKATO — Lines of wind turbines across a Midwest landscape make for a show- stopping sight. Those giant energy generators can be traffic stoppers, however, when turbine parts are transported across Minnesota highways.
CONGRESS expended a lot of energy debating how to solve the energy crisis before running off for summer recess for five weeks. It ended up accomplishing nothing. Now Congress is back and seemingly ready for more of the same. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will present an energy bill next week that would expand offshore drilling. But Republicans rejected the legislation on the basis of the outlines Ms. Pelosi released Tuesday. Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) will hold hearings today with an eye to bringing energy bills to a vote sometime next week. But don't expect anything to happen.
Commuters Thursday morning found their way on Highway 169 blocked by a parade of trucks carrying parts for a wind farm to Iowa. Such loads will be common this fall, state highway officials say.
